adverbialize

transitive verb

ad·ver·bi·al·ize

variants: also British adverbialise \(ˈ)ad-¦vər-bē-ə-ˌlīz

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adverbialized; adverbializing; adverbializes

Definition of adverbialize

linguistics

: to create an adverb from (an adjective, a noun, etc.) As noted earlier … Roumanian does not adverbialize adjectives in the lexicon, but instead simply uses adjectivals freely in modifier function … —Frederick Browning Agard, A Course in Romance Linguistics, 1984

Other words from adverbialize

adverbialization also British adverbialisation \(ˈ)ad-¦vər-bē-ə-lə-¦zā-shən,

-ˌlī-¦zā- \ noun

The accusative case was the primary case used for adverbialization of nouns … —Roger D. Woodard, The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, 2008

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adverb equivalent

ad verrecundiam

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